1、成都市高 2014 级高中毕业班第一次诊断性检测英 语本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。第 I 卷（选择题）1 至 8 页，第卷（非选择题）9 至10 页，共 10 页；满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。第 I 卷（100 分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节 （共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅
2、读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What was the weather like when the man got home?A. Snowy. B. Cloudy. C. Rainy.2. Where are the speakers?A. On a ship. B. In an exhibition hall. C. In a classroom.3 What will the man do?A, Make a cup of tea. B. Have a cup of tea. C. Boil water.4. What does the man suggest?A. Finding
3、 out the reason B. Sticking to playing. C. Quitting chess.5 How old is the man now?A. About 20. B. Nearly 40. C. Over 60.第二节 （共 l5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22,5 分）听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6 至 7 题。6
4、. Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Teacher and student. B. Father and daughter. C. Boss and employee.7. What happened to Mary?A. She didnt do well in the exam.B. She was made to take a walk.C. She was scolded by her mother.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。8. Whats wrong with the man?A
5、, He can-t see clearly sometimes. B. He has a headache. C. He has broken his leg.9. What will the doctor do next?A. Call an expert immediately.BOperate on the eyes.CGive some tests.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。IO. Where is the womans room?A. On the 2nd floor. B. On the 3rd floor. C On the 4th floor.11. Wh
6、ere can the woman get free Wi-Fi?A. In her hotel room. B. In the parking lot. C. In the restaurant.12. What does the woman decide to do finally?A. Cancel the reservation. B. Move to another hotel. C. Stay in the hotel听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. How many job offers has the woman got?A. None. B. One. C
7、. Three.14. Where is the woman-s hometown?A. New York. B. Boston. C . California.15. Why hasnt the man got a job?A. He is inexperienced in working.B. He hasnt sent any application.C. He wants to continue his education.16. Who are the speakers?A. Fellow students. B. People out of work. C. High school
8、 teachers.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. On which Channel can you learn about the Election campaign?A. Channel 6. B. Channel 8. C. Channel 11.18, Which program provides local information?A. The News. B. Whats On. C. Night Time.19, What do we know about the game shows?A. You can watch them on Channel Il
9、.B. You can read more program guideline s.C. You can get gifts by answering questions.20, What is the passage about?A. The best channel. B. Entertaining programs. C. Everyday TV shows.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节 （共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A.B.C 和 D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AEveryday Foodby
10、 Martha StewartNo matter how busy you are, at the end of the day you want meals that are easy toprepare. And you want lots of choices and variations. Youll find all of that in this book:250 simple recipes for delicious meals that bring freshness and nutrition.Paperback, published by Random House,$16
11、, 79Zeroesby Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan, Deborah BiancottiNew York Times bestselling author Scott Westerfeld teams up with Margo Lanagan andDeborah Biancotti in the book about six teenagers with amazing abilities. These teenagershave powers that set them apart. They can do things ordinary peopl
12、e cant.Paperback, published by Simon&Schuster,$12. 99Mrghty Jackby Ben HatkeJaek dislikes summer. But hes got a good reason: summer is when his single mom takes a来源:Zxxk.Comsecond job and leaves him at home to watch his sister, Maddy. lts lots of responsibility,and it.s boring, too, because Maddy do
13、esnt talk. Ever. But one day, at the market,Maddy does talk-lo tell Jack to trade their moms car for a box of mysterious seeds. Itsthe best mistake Jack has ever made.Hardcover, published by First Second,$14. 15Only Daughterby Anna SnoekstraShes caught stealing. She-s homeless and on the run. But sh
14、e happens to look the same asa girl who went missing a decade ago, Rebecca Winter. She assumes Rebecca-s identity,using it as a way out. Little does she know her new life as Rebecca is itself a prison and itlooks like a killer might be after her.Kindle edition, published by Harlequin Enterprises,$8.
15、8821. Who wrote a book to help you cook a meal?A. Martha Stewart. B. Anna Snoekstra.C. Ben Hatke. D. Scott Westerfeld.22. How much should readers pay for a story about a boys amazing experience?A.$8.88 B$12. 99 C.$14. 15 D.$16. 7923, How is Zeroes different from the rest books?A. It tells a story. B
16、. Its in paperback.C. It-s quite popular. D. It-s a co-written book.24. What do we know about Only Daughter?A. Its heroine enjoys her life on the run.B. Its heroine Iives with a false identity.C, It provides differe nt kinds of editions.D. It is written by Harlequin Enterprises.BI remember the first
17、 time I got on a horse. When I was a little boy aged two, mymom agreed to Let me take a short ride and that was it! From then on, I drove my parentscrazy Begging for a horse.When I was four, I had Mutism, in which children stop speaking in certain socialsituations. I went days, weeks months without
18、a sound at school. At most, I mightquietly whisper to a friend. I suffered silently through school until I was ten when apsychologist had an idea, He asked me what I wanted more than anything else in theworld. He explained I was going to be given an opportunity to work for that. And I waspermitted t
19、o whisper the answer in my mothers ear, “A horse. “I was to get a pony, but I had to Live up to my end of the bargain. I had a chart ofweekly tasks I had to accomplish. I had to answer the phone five times per week,something I had never done before. I had to say one word to my teacher at school and
20、thelist went on. For a child with Mutism, saying one word to someone can be like climbingMount Qomolangma. I did everything that was asked of me and the day came, His namewas Sequoia, whom I fell in love with immediately. When I was in Sequoias presence, Iforgot all about my problems and felt strong
21、 and secure.I am a fully participating member of society these days. My horses and I made itthrough a master-s degree. I may have made it otherwise, but Im not sure. I feel I owemy life to the horses and I try to give it back to them every day. They have given me thebest gift I could ever imagine, m
22、y life.25. What was the situation like when the author was four?A. He didnt say a word at all.B. He learned how to ride a horse.C. He found his classmates unfriendly.D. He had difficulty in communicating.26. What can we infer about the author from Paragraph 3?A. He completed some tasks easily,B. He
23、pushed himself extremely hard.C. He fell in love with Sequoia gradually.D. He found the psychologists idea ineffective.27. What is the authors purpose in writing the text?A. To share his unfortunate childhood.B. To give tips on how to cure Mutism.C. To show his deep gratefulness to horses.D. To insp
24、ire kids struggling against Mutism.CWouldnt it be wonderful to travel to a foreign country without having to worry aboutthe headache of communicating i n a different language?In a recent Wall Street journal article, technology policy expert Alec Ross arguedthat, within a decade or so. Well be able t
25、o communicate with one another via smallearpieces with built-in microphones. Thats because technological progress is extremelyrapid. It-s only a matter of. rime. Indeed, some parents are so convinced that thistechnology is imminent that theyre wondering if their kids should even learn a secondlangua
26、ge.Its true that an increase in the quantity and accuracy of the data loaded intocomputers Will make them cleverer at translating “No es bueno dormir mucho “ as “1ts notgood to sleep too much. “ Replacing a word with its equivalent (同义词) in the targetlanguage is actually the “easy part of a translat
27、ors job. But even this seems to be adiscouraging task for computers.Its so difficult for computers because translation doesnt-or shouldnt-involvesimply translating words, sentences or paragraphs. Rather, its about translatingmeaning. And in order to infer meaning from a specific expression, humans h
28、ave tointerpret a mass of information at the same time.Think about all the related clues that go into understanding an expression: volume,gesture, situation, and even your culture. All are likely to convey as much meaning as thewords you use.Therefore, we should be very skeptical of a machine that i
29、s unable to interpret theworld around us. If people from different cultures can offend each other without realizingit, how can we expect a machine to do better? Unless engineers actually find a way tobreathe a soul into a computer, undoubtedly when it comes to conveying and interpretingmeaning using
30、 a natural language, a machine will never fully take our place.28. What does the underlined word “imminent in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A. Ready. B. Approaching. C. Helpful. D. Advanced.29. Why is it hard for computers to replace a word with its equivalent?A. Their data is not adequate enough.B, The
31、 real meaning of words can vary.C. Their accuracy needs bi g improvement.D, A soul hasnt been breathed in them.30. What view does the author hold about translation?A. Proper translation can be tough for humans.B. Slight distinctions matter little in translation.C. Some machines will interpret our wo
32、rld properly.D Cultures deserve more attention than words used.31. What is the best title for the text?A. An Experts Precise Prediction B. The Complexity of TranslationC- Who Will Be a Better Translator D. Will Language Barrier Actually FallDLucy, whose skeleton(骨骼) was discovered in Ethiopia in 197
33、4, died shortly aftershe :fell out of a tree. according to a new study published Monday in the British journalNature.For their research, Kappelman and Dr. Richard Ketcham used a CT scanner to createmore than 35,000 “slices“ of Lucys skeleton. Scientists named her Lucy from the Beatlessong “Lucy in t
34、he Sky with Diamonds“, which was played at the camp the night of herdiscovery.The following analysis of the slices showed sharp, clean breaks seen at the end ofLucys right humerus （肱骨） are similar to bone breaks seen in victims of falls,The researchers concluded that these and Other breaks in her sk
35、eleton show thatLucy, who is believed to have stood about 3 feet 6 inches and weighed about 60 pounds,fell feet first and used her arms to support herself - but that the injury wa s too severe tohave been survivable.The researchers estimate that Lucy was going about 35 miles an hour when she hit the
36、ground after falling from a height of roughly 40 feet, according to the statement.That sounds plausible. But other scientists are doubtful. “There are countlessexplanations for bone breaks,“ Dr, Donald C, Johanson, director of the Institute ofHuman Origins and one of the scientists who discovered Lu
37、cy, said, “The suggestion thatshe fell out of a tree is largely a just-so story and therefore unprovable. “Johanson said it was more likely that Lucys breaks occurred long after she died,saying that “elephant bones appear to have the same kind of breaks, Its unlikely they ellout of a tree. ,But the
38、new research focused on “a small number of breaks“ that are consistent with“high-energy bone-to-bone influences“ and which differ from the sorts of breaks commonlyseen in other collected bones. Kappelman responded in an email, “These appear to haveoccurred at or near the time of death. “32. What can
39、 we know about Lucy from Kappelman and Dr. Richard Ketchams research?A. She got her name from a song.B. She had more than 35,000 slices.C. She couldnt use her arms properly.来源:学科网 ZXXKD. She made an effort to save herself.33. What does the underlined word “plausible“ in. Paragraph 6 probably mean?A.
40、 Reasonable. B. Creative. C. Surprising. D. Unbelievable.34. Which of the following would Johanson probably agree?A. Elephants are unlikely to die from falling.B. Lucy got breaks at or near the time of death.C. Other reasons for the breaks should be considered.D. Lucys bone breaks differ from other
41、bone breaks.35. What conclusion can we draw from the passage?A. Lucy didnt die from falling out of a tree.B. The newly published study was meaningless.C. The argument on how Lucy died will continue.D. Scientists will find another way to solve the problem.第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能
42、填人空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。Shoulder pain is common. The shoulder has the most range of movement of any partin the body. 36 Furthermore, shoulder pain sometimes comes from other areas of thebody. Here are some tips to help reduce shoulder pain.37 Often, the root cause of shoulder pain is simply your over
43、doing something. Ifyour problem is work related, change to a different activity. If the shoulder pain isexercise-related, then you may be working out too aggressively or with bad form - turnto a personal trainer for help.Ice your shoulder. The application of ice is useful for almost all acute Injuri
44、es. 38Apply ice for 10-15 minutes every hour, then reduce the freq uency as the pain and swellingbecome less strong.Do some light shoulder stretches(拉伸).While standing or sitting, reach around thefront of your body and seize the opposite elbow(肘). 39 Reach behind your backtowards your shoulder and h
45、old it with your other hand. Slowly pull on the hand with thepainful shoulder until you eel a stretch.See your doctor. If your shoulder pain is especially severe, and long-lasting, whatelse can you do? 40 Your doctor will discuss a treatment plan according to your pain.A. Seek medical help.B. Rest y
46、our shoulder.C. Build shoulder strength.D. Consider surgery if necessary.E. Thats why its so likely to suffer from injury.F. The cold treatment works well when applied to the most painful shoulder.G. Gently pull on the back of the elbow until you feel a stretch in the shoulder.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45
47、分）第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。When you are living a fully-scheduled life, every minute counts. No matter how manyways you divide your _ 41 ， there-s never enough time in a day to catch up.Six years ago, I was 42 - with a care-free, st
48、op-and-smell-the-roses type of43 . When I needed to rush out, she was taking her sweet 44 picking out a purseand a shining crown. When I needed to have a 45 1unch, shed stop to speak to theelderly woman who looked like her grandma. Whenever my child caused me to deviate(偏离) from my main 46 , I thoug
49、ht to myself, we don-t have time for this. 47 , thetwo words I most commonly spoke to my little lover of life were: “ 48 ！“Then one day, things _ 49 . Wed just picked up my older daughter fromkindergarten and were getting out of the car. Seeing her little sister not going fast enoughfor her liking, my older daughter said, “You are so 50 . “ When the older one crossedher own arms, it dawned on me that her annoyed look 51 - that of mine
